ACTIVIST POET-PLAYWRIGHT AMIRI BARAKA DIES AT 79
By HILLEL ITALIE FILE – This Oct. 2, 2002 file photo shows Amiri Baraka, New Jersey’s poet laureate during a ceremony at the Newark Public Library in Newark, N.J. Baraka,…
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White mayor, black wife: NYC shatters an image
By JESSE WASHINGTON FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 file photo, New York Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio embraces his son Dante, left, daughter Chiara, second left,…
Think you really know Mike Tyson? Think again
By TIM DAHLBERG FILE – In this July 25, 2013, file photo, boxer MIke Tyson poses backstage during HBO’s Summer 2013 TCA panel at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly…
SPIKE LEE TO RECEIVE $300,000 GISH PRIZE
By JAKE COYLE FILE – In this June 10, 2013 file photo, Spike Lee attends the eighth annual Made in New York Awards in New York. Lee will receive the…
CONGRESS HONORS BIRMINGHAM CHURCH BOMBING VICTIMS
By ANDREW MIGA President and CEO of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Lawrence Pijeaux, front, lays on a table the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously awarded in honor of Addie Mae…
JACKSON’S HEALTH AND FINANCES PART OF CIVIL TRIAL
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY FILE – In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2005 file photo, Michael Jackson follows his mother, Katherine Jackson, as they arrive for court on the opening day of…
NBA’S MICHAEL JORDAN MARRIES EX-MODEL OVER WEEKEND
By STEVE REED In this Saturday, April 27, 2013, photo provided by JUMP.DC, Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan dances with his bride Yvette Prieto during their wedding reception at the…